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Harrowing Time

Daily Photo – Harrowing Time

Late afternoon and a farm worker pulls a harrow across a field before a stand of trees. The trees all tilt to the right showing the direction of the prevailing winds. Dust hangs in the air behind the tractor.

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Inside Old Ghadames

Daily Photo – Inside Old Ghadames

Order a print of this photo So yesterday’s photo was looking at old Ghadames from the outside in. Apart from the shadow of the palm tree there’s little to indicate the lush oasis within the city walls. The city walls protected the oasis. Within the city, in addition to the network of passageways, there’s a network of water ditches (and now pipes) that conserve precious water better than open ditches. These water ditches serve a patchwork of small fields. In […]

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